Maple Leaf - Revisited

Ok, I have pretty much decided to put a 1" border around each block using the background fabric from the block. Then I will sew everything together in a "tossed" manner.

I think it will look great, but what I am wondering is if I am creating a real problem for sewing rows together. If you go to:

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the secondpicture shows the backside. The way the seams are pressed is prettymuch how they have to go. Am I going to end up with bulky seams wherethe rows meet at the intersection of each block? Mardi Real e-mail address spelled out to prevent spam. mardi at mardiweb dot com. ____________________

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Mardi, I don't understand why you would now want to put a 1" border around each block? It seems to me that ending up with a =BD" finished strip tagged on to each block only looks as though you want to avoid joining seams where there are points to match. If this is the case, then you could avoid that by adding a strip of b/g fabric to the top block of one row and the bottom block of the next - offsetting the other leafs in the block by the width of the strip you add. Jennifer in Ottawa

------ Mon, Jul 14, 2003, 7:44pm (EDT+4) From: snipped-for-privacy@nospam.com (M.=A0Wetmore) Ok, I have pretty much decided to put a 1" border around each block using the background fabric from the block. Then I will sew everything together in a "tossed" manner. I think it will look great, but what I am wondering is if I am creating a real problem for sewing rows together. If you go to:

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the secondpicture shows the backside. The way the seams are pressed is pretty muchhow they have to go. Am I going to end up with bulky seams where therows meet at the intersection of each block? Mardi Real e-mail address spelled out to prevent spam. mardi at mardiweb dot com. ____________________ My Quilting page:
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Actually what I am trying to do is to give them room to "float" on the quilt. Without the border strips, it looks really choppy. I considered using one neutral sashing between all the blocks, but I thought that a border in the same fabric created a sashing that was as varied as the backgrounds.

I'm not exactly sure what you are suggesting here. Can you explain it a little further?

Mardi

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Mardi, line up 3 of your leaf blocks, for example a-b-c / sew a 2" strip to the top of block a / line up blocks d-e-f and sew a 2" strip to the bottom of block f and so on across the width of your quilt. The block rows + strips are all the same measurement but all your points and corners are offset. Jennifer in Ottawa

Tue, Jul 15, 2003, 5:48pm (EDT+4) From: snipped-for-privacy@nospam.com (M.=A0Wetmore) Actually what I am trying to do is to give them room to "float" on the quilt. Without the border strips, it looks really choppy. I considered using one neutral sashing between all the blocks, but I thought that a border in the same fabric created a sashing that was as varied as the backgrounds. I'm not exactly sure what you are suggesting here. Can you explain it a little further? Mardi On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 12:36:39 -0400 (EDT), snipped-for-privacy@interactive.rogers.com (Jennifer Hepworth) wrote: Mardi, I don't understand why you would now want to put a 1" border around each block? =A0 It seems to me that ending up with a =BD" finished strip tagged on to each block only looks as though you want to avoid joining seams where there are points to match. If this is the case, then you could avoid that by adding a strip of b/g fabric to the top block of one row and the bottom block of the next - offsetting the other leafs in the block by the width of the strip you add. Jennifer in Ottawa

------ Mon, Jul 14, 2003, 7:44pm (EDT+4) From: snipped-for-privacy@nospam.com (M.=A0Wetmore) Ok, I have pretty much decided to put a 1" border around each block using the background fabric from the block. Then I will sew everything together in a "tossed" manner. I think it will look great, but what I am wondering is if I am creating a real problem for sewing rows together. If you go to:

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the secondpicture shows the backside. The way the seams are pressed is pretty muchhow they have to go. Am I going to end up with bulky seams where therows meet at the intersection of each block? Mardi Real e-mail address spelled out to prevent spam. mardi at mardiweb dotcom. ____________________ My Quilting page:
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Real e-mail address spelled out to prevent spam. mardi at mardiweb dotcom. ____________________ My Quilting page:
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